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County Laois (/ l iː ʃ / LEESH; Irish: Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. [3] The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been known as County Leix.
There are approximately 1,162 townlands in County Laois, Ireland. [1] A plain version of this list showing townland names only is also available for easy alphabetical navigation and convenient overview. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county.
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
Map all coordinates using ... List of towns in the Republic of Ireland; By county: Carlow; Cavan; Clare; Cork; ... Pages in category "Towns and villages in County Laois"
The population of the six counties of Northern Ireland as of 2021 is 1,903,100 [1] which would mean a total population on the island of Ireland as of 2022 of approximately 7,052,314. Data source (as of June 2023): Taken from latest census data for the Republic of Ireland [2] and Northern Ireland. [3]
Ireland portal; Geography of County Laois, Ireland ... Pages in category "Geography of County Laois" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Rosenallis (historically Rossinallis, from Irish: Ros Fhionnghlaise, meaning 'wood of the clear stream') [2] is a village in north County Laois, Ireland. It is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road, [3] 6 km north-west of Mountmellick. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. [2]
According to an extract from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published in 1837 by Samuel Lewis, Castletown was then "a village in the Parish of Offerlane, barony of Upper Ossory, Queen’s county, and province of Leinster, 1 3 ⁄ 4 miles (S.by W.) from Mountrath; containing 367 inhabitants.